English name
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Ringed Kingfisher
General information
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Common
Lives by lakes, rivers, bays, canals and fjords throughout south and central America
Not the same species as the one encountered in North America
A mating ritual involves the male ringed kingfisher offering fish to the female before copulation
Catch their prey (fishes) by diving from a perch, can perch for several hours on trees while watching for prey in the freshwater
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Leyo, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA),
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megaceryle_torquata_Pantanal_male.jpg
- John Gerrard Keulemans
, sem restrições de direitos de autor conhecidas (domínio público),
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megaceryle_torquata_Keulemans.jpg
- (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
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